Global Challenges - NGO Leader In Angola Seeks To Mobilize Country's Youth For HIV Prevention

Young people in Angola have a poor record of participation in HIV prevention efforts, including voluntary testing and condom use, according to Antonio Coelho, executive secretary of the Angolan Network of AIDS Service Organisations, Angola Press Agency/AllAfrica.com reports.Coelho made the...Read Full Story

Politics and Policy - USAID Commits $7.6M To Care for AIDS Orphans, Other Vulnerable Children in Nigeria

USAID on Monday announced that it is donating $7.6 million to provide quality comprehensive care to 8,616 AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in Nigeria, the country's Vanguard reports. Yemi Osilaja -- executive director of HOPE worldwide, whose Nigerian chapter will receive the aid -- said...Read Full Story

Media & Society - Minnesota Researchers Developing Web Site That Aims To Curb Spread of HIV Among MSM

The Minneapolis Star Tribune on Sunday profiled Sexpulse, a Web site in development at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health that is the latest strategy to curb a 'second wave' of HIV/AIDS cases among young men who have sex with men. According to a recent report published Thursday...Read Full Story

Politics and Policy - Legislation To Reauthorize PEPFAR Still Getting Blocked In Senate Despite Agreement Reached Last Week, Bush's Support

Efforts to pass a measure (S 2731) aimed at reauthorizing the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief failed on Friday after Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) rejected a request by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to vote on the bill, CQ Today reports.Reid had attempted to add in a...Read Full Story